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OPPO Electronics Corp. (commonly referred to as OPPO, stylised as oppo) is a Chinese electronics manufacturer based in Dongguan, Guangdong. Its major product lines include smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices. Globally registered in 2016 and founded in 2004, the company has registered the OPPO brand name in many parts of the world.

OPPO Digital is an independently operated division of OPPO. Founded in 2004, it is based in Mountain View, California, United States. It is known for its universal upconverting DVD and Blu-ray Disc players. Its first product was the OPPO OPDV971H Up-Converting Universal DVD Player.

Products

Phones

OPPO entered the mobile phone market in 2008.

The OPPO Find 7 is a phablet with a total of 3GB of RAM and a 2.5 GHz Quad-Core processor. The OPPO Find 7 is also available in another variant called the Find 7a, which has a 1080p screen and 2GB of RAM compared to the Find 7, which sports higher specs. It was announced on 19 March 2014 and was released in April 2014. It is similar in design to the OnePlus One released in April 2014.

In September 2013, OPPO announced the N1. A successor, the OPPO N3, is priced at $449 as of early 2016.

The OPPO R5, which was launched in November 2014, was at the time the world's thinnest smartphone. It is 4.85mm in thickness except for a slight bulge where the camera lens is located. The R5 has a 2,000 mAh battery which can be charged up to 75% in 30 minutes using OPPO's own VOOC Flash Charging technology. The R5 uses a SnapDragon 615 octa-core processor, running at 2.1 GHz. OPPO began shipping the R5 in the UK on February 20, 2015. One of OPPO's older phones, the Finder, previously held the record for the world's thinnest smartphone. In the month of June 2016, OPPO became No.1 Smartphone maker in China.

The OPPO Find 5 was released in America in February 2013, the OPPO Find 5 features clean lines, thin rectangular shape, and overall elegant appearance. The OPPO Find 5 features a pixel density of 441 ppi, which puts it in the highest range of the mobile phones with HD display at its release time. In July 2013, a refreshed OPPO Find 5 launched in China. The processor has been changed to Snapdragon 600 instead of the Snapdragon S4 Pro. The Android version has been updated to Android 4.2.2 as well while other specifications remained the same.

On 23 September 2013, OPPO announced the N1, which has a 5.9″ 1080p display (373 ppi), 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 3,610mAh battery, 16GB or 32GB of storage, 2GB RAM, and a 13MP camera that can rotate, touch-panel on the back, and option to flash CyanogenMod. It was released in December 2013.

On 3 August 2016, Oppo launched the F1s in India. The Oppo F1s is a selfie-centric phone which succeeds the Oppo F1. The F1s sports a 13 MP primary camera at the back and has a 16 MP secondary camera on the front. There's also a fingerprint scanner housed on the home button which can not only be used to unlock the phone, but, open apps as well. The Oppo F1s is powered by MediaTek's MT6750 octa-core processor which is coupled with 3 GB RAM and Mali-T860 MP2 GPU. It runs on ColorOS 3.0 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and features a 5.5-inch HD IPS display which is backed by 3075 mAh battery.

Blu-ray players

Its first universal Blu-ray Disc player was the BDP-83.

The BDP-93 was released in 2010, featuring 3D compatibility and dual HDMI signal output. This was followed by the BDP-95 whose video performance is identical in all respects with the BDP-93, but with an improved analogue audio output section. The BDP-103 and BDP-105 models were released near the end of 2012, featuring dual HDMI signal input in addition of dual HDMI signal output. The BDP-103D was released in October 2013. This new model is the first Blu-ray player worldwide featuring Darbee Visual Presence technology.

Headphones & amplifiers

In 2014 OPPO released a number of high end headphones and amplifiers. The flagship PM-1 and PM-2 headphones along with the HA-1 desktop amplifier have been heavily promoted in the audio community. One blogger declares the PM-2 is "near to perfect". The company has since released other products.

Also released in 2015 was the HA-2, a portable version of the HA-1 amp/DAC which features a battery pack option as well as a stitched leather casing. The phone plays music in real-time to the HA-2 (via included Android or iOS micro USB cable, or USB cable if from PC). It also can be charged using an included "rapid charger" charging kit. Its battery pack feature can be used simultaneously while the HA-2 is used to play music if the playing (source) device is an Apple iOS device, though for those using an Android or Windows phone, it's only either/or.

Innovations

Since OPPO entered the smartphone market, it has provided different innovations in competition with rival brands, breaking records within the industry.

Finder (The Finder was OPPO's thinnest smartphone at that time)

Find 5 (The Find 5 was OPPO's first Full 1080P HD Smartphone)

N1 (The OPPO N1 was reportedly the world's first smartphone with a rotating camera)

R5 (The OPPO R5 was OPPO's thinnest smartphone produced after the Finder)

Promotions

Popular Korean boy band 2PM prepared a song known as "Follow Your Soul" in a promotional deal with OPPO for launching its brand in Thailand in 2010. In June 2015, the company signed an agreement with FC Barcelona to become an official partner of the Spanish football club.

Also in 2015, OPPO hired Yang Mi and Luhan as the product ambassador in China, followed by Sarah Geronimo, who was named as the first brand ambassador of OPPO in the Philippines.